Tombstone epitaph., 1887-08-13
Ladies of seville at @ Bull fight.

Charles Dudley Warmers humorous account in the November Century of Il fashionable bull fight at Seville (illus- trated by Blum) describes the ladies in attendance as follows: 1.-The ladies of Spain, except in some remote towns in the mountain regions, have laid aside the national costume, and dress according to the dictates of Paris, preferring even the French fans to their own decorated with the incidents of the Hull. fight and the serenade. In Seville, the black lace mantilla is still worn at church, and to some extent on the street; but the hat is the cover of the new fashion. more's the pity, and the high combs have gone altogether. 1 do not know why a woman, even plain woman, should be so utterly tas-. cinatlng in mantilla, thrown over a high comb and falling gracefully over the shoulders, stepping daintily in high hceled shoes with pointed toes, and moving her large fan with just that nonchalant air so accurately cal. culatcd to wound but not to kill. In the whole assembly l saw only one or two national costumes; the mantilla and the high comb, with the short pet ticoat, brilliant in color. Nothing could be more becoming and it makes one doubt whether woman's strongest desire is to please, and whether it is not rather to follow the fashion, when we see whole nation abandon such charming attire.
 'But the white mantilla is de rigueur for bull fight, and every lady wore one. It was little odd to see ladies in the open light of a brilliant, cloud- less day, and in the gaze of the public, in full Gas it is called) costume of the oall room; but the creamy white man. ,illas softened somewhat the too brill iant display, and threw over the whole the harmony of subdued splendor. What superb Spanish lace, blonde, soft, with siken luster, falling in lovely folds that show it's generous and exquisitely wrought figures, each leaf and stem and flower the creation of dainty fingers! Such work as this, of such tone and fneness, in such large mantillas, sweeping from the head to the train, is scarcely to be found in the shops nowadays. These were heir looms-great-g at-great-grandmother's lace, long yellowing, and growing rich in locked chests, worn only on state occa- sions, and now brought forth to mako bulls holiday.
 "We spent good deal of the wait ing time in scrutinizing the packed seats for beautiful women, and, I am sorry to say, with hardly a reward ad. equate to our anxiety. 1 am not sure how much the beauty of the women of Seville is traditional. They have good points. Graceful figures are not un- common, and fine teeth; and dark, liquid, large eyes, which they use per petually in gitiadeS destructive to peace and security. And the fan, the most deadly weapon of coquetry, gives the coup de grace to those whom the eyes have wounded. But the Seville women have usually sallow, pasty, dead con- plexions. Perhaps the beauty of the skin is destroyed by cosmetics, for there was not lady at the bull fight who was not highly rouged and pow dered. This gave an artificiality to their appearance em maSse. Beauty of feature was very rare, and still rarer was that animation, that stamp of in- dividual character, loveliness in the play of expression, and sprightliness, that charm in any assembly of Ameri- can women. No, the handsome women in the ring were not numerous enough to make any impression on the general mass, and yet the total effect, with the blonde lace, the artificial color, the rich toilet, and the agitation of fans. was charming"
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